This week the Sheriff’s Office received information a detention deputy was introducing contraband to the Sedgwick County Detention Facility. The Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division and Professional Standards Unit investigated the complaint. Investigators determined probable cause existed to arrest the detention deputy for three counts of Traffic in Contraband in a Correctional Institution (K.S.A 21-5914).
The detention deputy, Braydon Hoover-Lane, was booked at the Sedgwick County Detention Facility and placed on unpaid suspension. He has been employed by the Sheriff’s Office since September 2019.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is a professional organization that honors our core values of, Integrity, Duty, Ethics, Attitude, Leadership and Service. The Sheriff Office takes pride in demonstrating these values on a daily basis. Every alleged complaint is taken seriously and investigated thoroughly.
Detention Deputies are not above the law and the Sheriff’s Office will always investigate or assist in the investigation of any crime with the due diligence that the public entrusts in us.